Lovely part of the country taking in plenty of little villages.
Hawes is a favourite with bikers. Lots of stop offs for a brew and a chat.
Roads give you everything its up to you what you do with them.
Faster or slow its a good run out.

On leaving the pretty and bike friendly market town of Thirsk,real life home of James Herriot,the rider has at his grasp good roads at all points of the compass.Select the A170 towards Scarborough,and find yourself in Helmsley in a very short time.This is a good high speed road with smooth sweeping ...

Really nice and scenic long section that includes a whole variety of nice corners and straights along its length. The surrounding (mostly a National Park) is really good. As it is a main route, it can have quite heavy traffic.

A great road that offers everything. Great scenary, good selection of corners and some nice fast straights. Really a very good road, can be some police and occasionally busy, but otherwise highly recommended

From Ponteland to Otterburn there are some good fast straights,open bends and twisty hairpins. also makes a nice gateway route for those travelling to Scotland from the south (i.e. motorway alternative)

A nice trip to Hartside Cafe for a cuppa and back down and home over the awesome Stanhope Moors, a good mix of everything, some straight bits to get speed up and some of the best twisties around with great views to match. Lots of sections where you can see along way in front of you and use all of th...

This is a good blasting road,with one or two things to look out for.Leaving Malton pick up the B1248 Beverley road,once out of town you can pick up the pace with few surprises except one,when you see a sign for humpback bridge,slow down,as immediately after the bridge there is a tight right hander,t...

Excellent route, beats the A66 anytime. Some great corners and good stretches of straight road, watch out though, can be quite bumpy in places. Been over a couple of times and never seen the police. Couple of cattle grids but not seen any animals on the road. Can be a little exposed on windy days, b...

Leave the sportsbike boys on the famous Penrith/Alston run to take the flak from the coppers and do this one. More corners, less bikes, and if you combine it with the road from Brough to Middleton (even quieter) you will have a cracking run. Watch out for tourists cars in summer going to the local w...

This route has everything, twisty section after leaving Darlington which opens up after crossing the B6275 (be careful here). There is a couple of tight bends as you approach Staindrop then leave the village and open her up on a very fast open section. Then join the B6282 as it winds its way into Mi...

Get yourself to Kielder, don't stop at the shops at main attractions its to expensive instead go to the small garage at the end of Castle Drive and fill up and grab a cuppa, head for Saughtree and through Castleton when you get to the village of Newcastleton halfway through the village turn right on...

This route consists of country roads over open moorland dropping down into deep valleys with the occasional stream to cross (easy, in dry weather), (I have a big trailie but others in our group have sport bikes and tourers all enjoyed the route). It starts in Barnard Castle, head south down the hill...

A nice little figure of 8,taking in some nice scenery with a mix of fast sweeping bends and some tighter twisty back roads. Around 140-ish miles round trip, alot of the fuel stations along the way have closed lately, so if you cant make it all the way round you can add in Hawick for fuel halfway rou...

Circular route through Northumbria, Scottish Borders and Cumbria. Some well known "biker" roads connected by some lesser known routes. A great mix of open, flowing, fast A-roads, some twisty B-roads and single-track sections. Great scenery and wildlife. Look out for sheep and logging trucks particul...

A deliberate attempt to travel cross-country East-West avoiding major roads. The section between Elvanfoot and Newton Stewart (A702/712) is glorious. The added bonus at the end of the trip is lunch at Streatery, Sandhead (http://www.streatery82.co.uk/).

12 miles of gravel track along Kielder Forest Drive, then 20 miles or so along mostly narrow, twisty single track behind the Otterburn ranges. Suicidal sheep add to the interest. Reward yourself with a pint at the Rose & Thistle, Alwinton.

some decent straights, country roads and nice scenery. leaving penshaw passing bemish - Stanley - Concett then thorough the countryside passing Derwent reservoir and ending up in hexam (plenty of places to stop for food or drinks) before returning back to penshaw on motorways

The Route: My dad used to take the family out in the car to do this run when I was younger and Ive always enjoyed it, hopefully you will as well. Nice mix of winding b-roads, with some straighter ones, with a great place to stop in the middle and a touch of single carriageway to head back to the sta...

This is a GREAT run, full day out really if ya wanna really enjoy it, up the A696 and then on to Hawick with some lovely twisties then onto St Marys Loch with some of the best twisties around....well earned break at the cafe by the Loch and then on to Moffat and Peebles, alot of the road is brand ne...

From durham all the way to lancaster the route is fantastic ... Great twists and turns hills , beautiful scenery ... Great places to stop for breaks with pubs ect ... (Kirkby steven and sedburgh) I did this route on a 125 with ease and was very fun .

rough and twisty country road with a hump back hill. Be carefull at hump road goes immediate left start turning as you reach the peak of the hill. A cracking little pub with outdoor drinking area in the middle of route on left hand side. Biker friendly. Short route but very enjoyable

Plenty of stop offs along the way for refreshments......Starting off at the Colliery cafe at willington front street, through crook heading towards corbride but turn left at carteway heads b6278 (manor house inn) its like a race track but beware of sheep, down to stanhope and over to middleton in te...

Spectacular views round the Yorkshire Dales.
Starting in the lovely town of Richmond, then passing through Reeth until you reach Tan Hill (for lunch) the highest pub in Britain @ 528m.
From there you run past Keld and the Butter Tubs on Cliff Gate Road (worth a stop) then into Hawes. ...